Lagurus

L.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 670.
 TaxonIllustrator 
FNA24 P256B Lagurus pg 669.jpegLagurus ovatusLinda Ann Vorobik
Hana Pazdírková

Plants annual; tufted. Culms 6-80 cm, erect or ascending, pilose or villous. Leaves pilose or villous; sheaths open nearly to the base; auricles absent; ligules truncate, erose, ciliate, abaxial surfaces densely pubescent; blades flat at maturity, convolute in the bud. Inflorescences terminal panicles, dense, ovoid. Spikelets laterally compressed, with 1 floret; rachillas prolonged beyond the base of the floret, pubescent; disarticulation above the glumes, beneath the floret. Glumes 2, equal, exceeding the florets, lanceolate, membranous, pilose, hairs 2-3 mm, 1-veined, veins acuminate and awned, awns pilose; calluses blunt, pubescent; lemmas lanceolate, pilose or scabridulous, 3-veined, 3-awned, apices bifid, lateral-veins extending as slender awns, not twisted below, central awn arising from the distal 1/3 of the lemma, twisted below; paleas nearly as long as the lemmas, veins scabridulous, extending as awnlike points; lodicules 2, narrowly elliptic, glabrous, apices minutely bilobed; anthers 3; ovaries glabrous; styles fused or separate. Caryopses stipitate, subterete, ellipsoid; hila 1/5-1/4 as long as the caryopses, ovate, x = 7.

Distribution

N.J., Alta., Ont., Que., Calif., N.C., Fla., Oreg., Conn.

Discussion

Lagurus is a monotypic genus endemic to the Mediterranean region. Lagurus ovatus has been introduced in North America, as well as South America, southern Africa, and Australia. It is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental, and the dried flowering culms are used in floral arrangements.

Lower Taxa

"decumbent" is not a number.

... more about "Lagurus"
membranous +  and scarious +
bilobed +  and bifid +
Gordon C. Tucker +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
straight +
basal +  and terminal +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
not evident +
cross +, linear +  and narrowly lanceolate +
spikelike +
not branching +
ascending +  and erect +
villous +  and pilose +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br />) +
not woody +
N.J. +, Alta. +, Ont. +, Que. +, Calif. +, N.C. +, Fla. +, Oreg. +  and Conn. +
1/4 +  and 1/3 +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
sterile +  and bisexual +
compressed +
reduced +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
lanceolate +
unequal +
membranous +
uncinate +
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
1/5 +  and 1/4 +
villous +  and pilose +
scabridulous +
lanceolate +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
well-developed +
2-keeled +
spikelike +
dry +  and fleshy +
awnlike +
messeri1942a +  and vergagno1965a +
1 +  and 60 +
compressed +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Gramineae +
Lagurus +
Poaceae tribe Poeae +
membranous +
parallel +  and converging +
scabridulous +
acuminate +
stoloniferous +  and rhizomatous +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +